MA: Unnamed Amendment (Passed)

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

Article I - The Executive
 
Section 1: The Governor
1.The Executive power of the Mideast shall be vested in the Governor.
2.No person shall be Governor who is not a registered voter residing in the Mideast Region.
3.In order to qualify for elective office, a candidate must be registered to vote in the Mideast.
 
Section 2: Gubernatorial Elections
1.Elections to the post of Governor shall be held in the months of January, May, and September. Elections shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
 2.Recall votes shall begin within ten days of their accumulating the necessary support and shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
 3.The voting system used for Gubernatorial elections shall be determined by Law, however, until such a determination is made, Preferential Voting shall be used.
 
Section 3: Vacancy of the Governorship
1.If the Governorship shall fall vacant, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor.
2.If both the Governorship and Lieutenant Governor shall fall vacant then the vacancy shall be filled in a manner specified by Law.
3.In the event that the Governor does not log-in to the Atlas Forum for 36 hours, then the Lieutenant Governor may become acting Speaker.
 
[edit] Section 4: The Wiki
 1.The Governor shall hold the responsibility of updating the Mideast regional Wiki for all legislation and occurrences during his or her tenure.
 2.2. If appropriate action is not taken within 60 days of the passage of said legislation or occurrence, the Lieutenant Governor shall become acting Governor and assume all responsibilities of the Governor until such time as the Governor has fulfilled the first clause of this section.

Article III - Legislation and Recall
 
Section 1: The Assembly
1.The legislative power of the Mideast shall be vested in the Mideast Assembly.
2.Elections to the Assembly shall begin between 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of January, March, May, July, September and November and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
3.The method of election shall be PR-STV, as specified in Sections 4 to 17 of the Atlasian Proportional Representation Act (F.L. 21-2), unless the Assembly shall provide otherwise by Law.
4.Vacancies in the Assembly shall be filled in a manner specified by Law, and until such determination is made, by Gubernatorial appointment.
5. The candidate for Assembly who finishes in the most recent election first shall become Lieutenant Governor. Said person may accept or decline the position. Should they decline, the position shall be passed on to the next highest candidate.
6. The Lieutenant Governor shall become Speaker of the Assembly. Said person may accept or decline the position. Should they decline, the Assembly shall vote on a Speaker.

Article IV - Election Regulations
 
[edit] Section 1: Election Procedure
5.The Governor shall administer all elections, propositions, Constitutional Amendments and recalls, unless it be his recall or he shall be unavailable, in which case the Lieutenant Governor shall administer the elections. If he or she is also unavailable, then the Judge shall administer the elections.

Sponsor: JohanusCalvinusLibertas

[Pacific Councillor Big Wiggly Style]

Also kind of on the fence about this one...

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

For future references:

This is the Amendment to Article 1 of the Mideast Constuition.


I think bringing in a Lt Governor may promote competition and activity that's why I'm sponsoring this legislation.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

For future references:

This is the Amendment to Article 1 of the Mideast Constuition.


I think bringing in a Lt Governor may promote competition and activity that's why I'm sponsoring this legislation.

You have Articles I - IV listed.  I'd suggest you condense this down to exactly what you want to have edited.

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Inks: This is the reviving of a defeated amendment from last session. All the alterations are relevant and it would be wrong to condense.

[Jayhawker]

For future references:

This is the Amendment to Article 1 of the Mideast Constuition.


I think bringing in a Lt Governor may promote competition and activity that's why I'm sponsoring this legislation.

You have Articles I - IV listed.  I'd suggest you condense this down to exactly what you want to have edited.

Amendments were made to all those articles. Looking back, the title of the last debate thread was inaccurate, as it amends more than just Article I.

I'd suggest changing the name to something easy, such as "Reestablishing the Lieutenant Governor Amendment".

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Reestablishing the Lieutenant Governor Amendment

Article I - The Executive
 
Section 1: The Governor
1.The Executive power of the Mideast shall be vested in the Governor.
2.No person shall be Governor who is not a registered voter residing in the Mideast Region.
3.In order to qualify for elective office, a candidate must be registered to vote in the Mideast.
 
Section 2: Gubernatorial Elections
1.Elections to the post of Governor shall be held in the months of January, May, and September. Elections shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of the month and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
 2.Recall votes shall begin within ten days of their accumulating the necessary support and shall begin between midnight Eastern Standard Time on a Thursday and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
 3.The voting system used for Gubernatorial elections shall be determined by Law, however, until such a determination is made, Preferential Voting shall be used.
 
Section 3: Vacancy of the Governorship
1.If the Governorship shall fall vacant, the Lieutenant Governor shall become Governor.
2.If both the Governorship and Lieutenant Governor shall fall vacant then the vacancy shall be filled in a manner specified by Law.
3.In the event that the Governor does not log-in to the Atlas Forum for 36 hours, then the Lieutenant Governor may become acting Speaker.
 
[edit] Section 4: The Wiki
 1.The Governor shall hold the responsibility of updating the Mideast regional Wiki for all legislation and occurrences during his or her tenure.
 2.2. If appropriate action is not taken within 60 days of the passage of said legislation or occurrence, the Lieutenant Governor shall become acting Governor and assume all responsibilities of the Governor until such time as the Governor has fulfilled the first clause of this section.

Article III - Legislation and Recall
 
Section 1: The Assembly
1.The legislative power of the Mideast shall be vested in the Mideast Assembly.
2.Elections to the Assembly shall begin between 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the third Thursday of January, March, May, July, September and November and 0001 Eastern Standard Time on the first Friday thereafter, and shall conclude exactly 72 hours after beginning.
3.The method of election shall be PR-STV, as specified in Sections 4 to 17 of the Atlasian Proportional Representation Act (F.L. 21-2), unless the Assembly shall provide otherwise by Law.
4.Vacancies in the Assembly shall be filled in a manner specified by Law, and until such determination is made, by Gubernatorial appointment.
5. The candidate for Assembly who finishes in the most recent election first shall become Lieutenant Governor. Said person may accept or decline the position. Should they decline, the position shall be passed on to the next highest candidate.
6. The Lieutenant Governor shall become Speaker of the Assembly. Said person may accept or decline the position. Should they decline, the Assembly shall vote on a Speaker.

Article IV - Election Regulations
 
[edit] Section 1: Election Procedure
5.The Governor shall administer all elections, propositions, Constitutional Amendments and recalls, unless it be his recall or he shall be unavailable, in which case the Lieutenant Governor shall administer the elections. If he or she is also unavailable, then the Judge shall administer the elections.

Sponsor: JohanusCalvinusLibertas

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

My suggestion to make this more readable is to strikethrough what language you want removed from the current wording and bold what you want added.

[A-Bob]

I am opposed to this since the Lt. Governor position as defined by this amendment is simply an extra position and a placeholder that the Speaker of the House already fills. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of a Lt. Governor, but the office needs to mean something. Just having an office isn't useful, that was why it was banned in the first place.

[Jayhawker]

I am opposed to this since the Lt. Governor position as defined by this amendment is simply an extra position and a placeholder that the Speaker of the House already fills. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of a Lt. Governor, but the office needs to mean something. Just having an office isn't useful, that was why it was banned in the first place.

FTR, no extra position is created with this amendment.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

I am opposed to this since the Lt. Governor position as defined by this amendment is simply an extra position and a placeholder that the Speaker of the House already fills. I'm not entirely opposed to the idea of a Lt. Governor, but the office needs to mean something. Just having an office isn't useful, that was why it was banned in the first place.

FTR, no extra position is created with this amendment.

What exactly is the point of creating a Lt. Governor who's Speaker of the Assembly?

[Pacific Councillor Big Wiggly Style]

What exactly is the point of creating a Lt. Governor who's Speaker of the Assembly?

^ This. It seems rather useless.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Again, I can see both sides, but maybe some specific positions could be created to separate the roles of the Assembly Speaker and the Lieutenant Governor.  Why not keep the Speaker position the way it is and establish some separate role for the LG?

[ZuWo]

Again, I can see both sides, but maybe some specific positions could be created to separate the roles of the Assembly Speaker and the Lieutenant Governor.  Why not keep the Speaker position the way it is and establish some separate role for the LG?

This is precisely my opinion. If we move forward and create a Lt. Gov. office, it should be a separate office. However, we don't need a Lt. Governor who essentially does the same as the Speaker.

[Pacific Councillor Big Wiggly Style]

We don't need to create powerless position.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

I really would've liked to have seen this broken down to show exacly what was changed from the current language, but debate has died down, so I'm bringing it to a vote.

Seeing no further debate, the amendment is brought to a vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.  This will be a 48-hour vote.

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

NAY

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Aye

[Pacific Councillor Big Wiggly Style]

Aye

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Aye

[HappyWarrior]

AYE

[Inks.LWC Supports Chuck Hagel]

Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 4, and the NAYs are 1.  The AYEs have it and the amendment is passed.  The amendment is now passed onto the people for a vote.

[ZuWo]

For the record, a public vote on the amendment will start next Thursday.